Marion Home Sales Range From $370,000 To $645,000 In Late Summer

MARION -- Marion recorded nine property transfers between July 24 and August 22, but only two carried a sale price in the deed data reviewed, with figures ranging from $370,000 to $645,000. Six of the nine recorded transfers were nominal-consideration transactions, not market sales, limiting what can be said about buying and selling activity in town this period.

MARKET OVERVIEW Of the nine deeds recorded in Marion during the period, three represent arm's-length property sales. Two of those three have a recorded sale price, ranging from $370,000 to $645,000, with a median of $507,500. A third sale, at 382 Point Rd., does not yet have a price recorded in the registry; prices typically appear within about a week of recording. The remaining six transfers were made for nominal consideration under $10,000, a token amount that does not represent a market transaction. With only two priced sales, the data is too limited to characterize the month as active or quiet; the raw count of actual sales is small relative to the number of total recorded documents.

TOP SALES The highest-priced recorded sale was 17 Fieldstone Ln., which sold for $645,000 on July 30. The sellers were David Preston and Noelle Preston; the buyer was Martin Brodeur. The second-highest recorded sale was 0 Cross Neck Rd., which sold for $370,000 on Aug. 6. The sellers were Kevin P. Medeiros, trustee, and Ricardo Pacheco, trustee; the buyers were Amanda N. Dion and Benjamin D. Dio. A third sale, at 382 Point Rd., closed on Aug. 4 between sellers identified as the estate of Melba E. Morss and buyers Penelope M. Provost and Stephen J. Morss; its price has not yet been recorded.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN No street in this period's data had more than one recorded sale. By price tier: under $500,000, one sale (0 Cross Neck Rd. at $370,000); $500,000 to $1 million, one sale (17 Fieldstone Ln. at $645,000); price not yet available, one sale (382 Point Rd.). The six nominal-consideration transfers were spread across Olde Knoll Road, Oak Avenue, Parlowtown Road, Dexter Road and Maple Avenue, with no street repeating.

MARKET NOTES Deed records do not include bed, bath or square-footage figures, and property type (single-family, condominium or multi-family) cannot be determined from the data provided, so no price-per-square-foot or property-type comparisons can be made this period. Six of the nine recorded transfers, two-thirds of the total, were nominal-consideration transactions rather than sales. Several of those show matching surnames or trust language between grantor and grantee: the Wilkinson transfer at 79 Olde Knoll Rd. moved from Lester F. Wilkinson and Denise L. Wilkinson to Lester F. Wilkinson, trustee, and the Lester F. Wilkinson Revocable Trust; the Sullivan transfer at 6 Maple Ave. moved from Jerome and Pamela M. Sullivan to Jerome Sullivan, trustee, and Pamela May Nolan Sullivan, trustee; the Beardsley/Titcomb transfer at 8 Parlowtown Rd. moved the same two individuals into trustee roles; the Carr transfer at 34 Dexter Rd. added Jamey Carr to William W. Carr's existing ownership; and the Grant transfer at 8 Oak Ave. moved from Laurie G. Hurley and the estate of Doris E. Grant to Steven T. Grant and David R. Grant. The nominal transfer of an unspecified Marion property from John B. and Katherine H. Howard to Lot G LLC did not involve a shared surname.

Recorded Deeds

Source: Registry of Deeds. Sale amounts shown as recorded; transfers without a disclosed consideration are noted as such.

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.